Way back before the Photobucket debacle, I used to visit the Special Edition and Grail threads to

at the lovely scarves. "Some day," I dreamt out loud. Totally head in la la land because I didn't even set up a search for these. The H fairy heard my wishful pseudo-prayer. And so this year, I practically denuded my money tree

because said fairy suddenly and surreptitiously tossed a few gems at me.
Smiles edition of Triples which is also my SOTD. Angled to show the stairs at Montmartre to symbolize my tumble down the slope...
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Special edition of Jonques et Sampans for China
I ignored this scarf for many months on the reseller site, until one day, I saw the words "special edition" in the description and took a closer look. And saw the tiny red flags added to the design
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The other fount of inspiration/temptation was the HSCI website. I found two almost unsearchable scarves by chance - no name on the scarf so they get generically described. Vertige and the truly nameless pink scarf.
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